shonky,

You are not serious in suggesting INDIA with a populatipn of 1.4 million has a HOMELESS number of 1.8 million or 0.1% of the total population. According to Australian Government statistics AUSTRALIA'S HOMELESS number is 105,000 or 0.4%. shonky are you suggesting AUSTRALIA'S HOMELESS migrate to INDIA where housing is more available.

shonky, maybe you believe living in a sewer, ditch or drain in INDIA is not considered "HOMELESS" let's call it "accomerdation challenged".

Issy,

I know what you mean.

I am constantly harassed by INDIAN, beggars, calling me all hours of the day and night;

"Good evening kind sir, I am Ramish from the Punjabi Power Co, please kind sir switch your power to Punjabi with me! I am begging you kind sir."

"No!"

Five minutes later, ring ring.

"Good evening kind sir, I am Ramesh from the Punjabi Phone Co, please kind sir switch your phone to Punjabi with me! I am begging you kind sir."

"DIDN'T you ring five minutes ago from the Punjabi Power Co?"

"No kind sir that was not I, it was my brother Ramish, I am Ramesh. Please, please kind sir, I am begging you."

"GOODBYE!"

Paul
The generally accepted homeless number in India is around 1.8 million.
Nobody lives in ditches or drains but I have seen a symmetrical stack of 6 foot diametre concrete water pipe sections; for the Mumbai water supply mains, turned into a “housing complex” over night.
The Municipal Council simply ordered new pipes and delivered them to site as needed.

It is apparently hard to get agreement on what constitutes homelessness and Australia’s figure is high because our definition includes those living in very substandard housing, which would be considered more than adequate in many countries, including India.

Issy,

1.8 million, the inaccurate figure from the 2011 Indian Census, 2011 out of date anyway. Generally accepted by whom? Why not apply the same definition to the homeless of India as one applies to Australians, are they lesser people as the likes of SM would have us believe. Under an equal definition the homeless number in India is between 60 and 80 million, 4% to 6% of the population.

Paul,,
That is the figure quoted by Wikipadea, the Borgen Project and India Spend among others on Google, but the figure is outdated and is definitely more.
There can be no comparison with Australia because we count people living in really crook houses as homeless whereas, as I said, such housing would be considered more than adequate in many countries, including India.

Wikipedia the Googlers bible. Do you accept the population of Australia is 22 million, that's what it was in 2011. As for Indian Census figures they would be as rubbery as they come. Applying the same criteria for Indoa as Australia, the homeless estimate for India is a broad 60 to 80 million.

I ask again, why the lesser criteria applied to Indians than Australians? Are their lives, so therefore their livong standards, of lesser value than ours. As an ardent racists SM would see it that way. How about you Issy?